Wednesday, May 20, 2009 -- 6:30-10:00pm
Stony Brook
Manhattan
387 Park Avenue South, Third Floor (between E. 27th & E. 28th Sts)
New York, NY 10016
Michel Foucault's The Birth
of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2008) is prompting critics to reevaluate his intellectual and
political project while offering new insights into the history of
neo-liberalism. Our roundtable brings together a multi-disciplinary group of
scholars to discuss new critical perspectives on Foucault's lecture
courses.
What makes these lectures so relevant to us today? We'll discuss
Foucault's treatment of themes such as racism, war, ethics, and neoliberal
subjectivity; reconsider his critiques of Marx, Husserl, Weber, and others;
and situate his analysis in the context of contemporary theorists of
biopolitics, such as Giorgio Agamben and Donna Haraway. Finally, we'll ask,
how might Foucault's analysis of neoliberalism help us to form critiques of
current political situations in the
Please join us for a lively conversation with faculty from the
Foucault Society's 2008-09 Seminar Series on The Birth of Biopolitics,
followed by a dessert reception sponsored by the Department of Philosophy,
Moderator:
Jeffrey Bussolini,
Panelists:
Samuel
Binkley,
Patricia
Ticineto Clough,
Jonathan
Cutler,
Rafael de
la Dehesa,
Trent H.
Hamann,
Eduardo
Mendieta, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Ananya
Mukherjea,
Alan
Rosenberg,
This event
is open to the public.
Shifra Diamond, Ph.D.
Candidate,
Michael Jolley, Ph.D.
Candidate, The
Copies of The Birth of Biopolitics will be available for purchase at our discounted price: $21.00
(includes tax-deductible donation to the Foucault Society).
501 (c) (3) recognized public charity. As such donations are tax
deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.